When Car2Go launched its car-sharing service in SanDiego about five years ago, its entire fleet was composed of electric cars. It was a move that made SanDiego officials smile, as the city is undertaking an ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions. California Car Sharing car2go plug-in cars SanDiegoBut now Car2Go is withdrawing the fleet of Smart Fortwo Electric Drive city cars, and replacing them. MORE

Remember Aptera, the plucky SanDiego firm responsible for the three wheeled Aptera 2e electric car which resembles an airplane but is technically a motorcycle? After the firm lost out in last year’s Progressive Insurance Automotive X-Prize it went mysteriously silent, save for the occasional newsletter assuring its potential customers that MORE

SanDiego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is the latest electric utility to support the expansion of electric-car charging infrastructure. California electric utilities plug-in cars charging SanDiego charging infrastructureBut the Southern California utility won't just build charging stations for plug-in hybrids and battery-electric vehicles. It also plans to invest $7.5 million over the next five years into an education campaign. MORE

Smart City SanDiego and City of SanDiego Mayor Jerry Sanders unveiled the completed Smart City SanDiego Solar-to-EV Project—a 90kW solar photovoltaic canopy that directly charges up to 5 electric vehicles (EVs) in the SanDiego Zoo parking lot. Smart City SanDiego is a collaboration that combines the resources of SanDiego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), City of SanDiego, GE, UC SanDiego and CleanTECH SanDiego. MORE

In December 2012, the SanDiego Metropolitan Transit System (SDMTS) announced the decision to purchase up to 350 Gillig 40-foot low floor buses and 118 New Flyer 60-foot low floor articulated buses, all powered with the CWI ISL G 8.9L. Cummins Westport Inc. CWI) is supplying engines for two of the largest natural gas transit fleet orders in North America to date, with combined orders of more than 900 ISL G engines. MORE

SanDiego Gas & Electric has joined a host of other utility companies in the state in offering incentives towards the purchase of an i3 or a Leaf. California incentives electric utilities plug-in cars SanDiego Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV For southern California residents, it's an excellent time to start considering the purchase of a BMW i3 or Nissan Leaf electric car. MORE

LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler North America Corporation, and the City of SanDiego officially launched North America’s first all-electric carsharing network. San Diegans will now have access to the car2go network of electric vehicles 24 hours a day, seven days a week. MORE

EDI), a developer of high-efficiency hybrid and electric drivetrain solutions, was selected as a drivetrain provider and vehicle integrator for an electrification program driven by the SanDiego Port Tenants Association ( SDPTA ). Also selected as part of the SanDiego project were BYD and Transportation Power. The program ties into the Port of SanDiego’s 2013 climate action plan, focused on improving air quality in the Port of SanDiego and surrounding communities. MORE

A new Albertsons supermarket in the SanDiego, California community of Clairemont is generating nearly 90% of the electricity it needs with a PureCell 400 kW fuel cell from UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp. The PureCell 400 system uses a Fuel Processor (reformer) to reform natural gas to hydrogen to feed the Fuel Cell Stack. The project is estimated to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 478 metric tons each year compared to California non-baseload powerplants. MORE

The SanDiego event will be held on Saturday, 9 November from 11 am-5pm in Balboa Park. The Tesla Model S will be featured in a series of Electric Car Guest. Drives hosted by the EV Quorum car club. In a single afternoon, participants can drive six different electric. cars including the Tesla Model S. Participants who become members of EV Quorum are eligible to drive any. of the electric cars on display. There is no charge for guests although. MORE

a bioenergy crop company focused on the development and production of elite seeds of Jatropha, plans to establish an advanced Jatropha research and development center located in SanDiego, Calif. Our SanDiego facilities will serve as the hub for SG Biofuels’ network of global crop improvement centers, bringing together the results of our sophisticated breeding and biotechnology efforts into a central, state-of-the-art development platform. SG Biofuels, Inc., MORE

The first public electric-car charging station to offer quick-charging using the CCS plug--also known as "SAE Combo"--opened at the Fashion Valley Mall in SanDiego on Monday. Well, the Combined Charging Standard has finally arrived. Developed by a coalition of U.S. and German car makers, CCS uses a single plug that combines a "J-1772" plug for MORE

The City of SanDiego has become the first city in North America to offer an all-electric car sharing network, thanks to Car2Go. A subsiduary of Daimler North America Corporation, the owners of Smart, Car2Go will allow SanDiego A fleet of more than 300 all-electric Smart ForTwo Electric Drives were present at the November 18 launch event. MORE

https://opoli.com , a ridesharing service and app based in SanDiego, has partnered with China-based BYD Motors Inc, which will provide 50 e6 EVs to the Opoli fleet as part of a green initiative. Opoli has been allotted charging spaces at the docking station at the SanDiego International Airport. MORE

The SanDiego region is the first in California to produce a regional transportation plan with an SCS as required by SB 375, a new state law intended to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through compact land-use and transportation planning. MORE

Researchers from Caltech and UC SanDiego have developed a family of ruthenium-based metathesis catalysts that have shown exceptional activity in the conversion of seed oils to linear-chain olefins. In many cases, catalyst turnover numbers (TONs) of more than 100?,000 000 were achieved, at a catalyst loading of only 3 ppm. Remarkably, the most active catalyst system was able to achieve a TON of 340,000 at a catalyst loading of only 1 ppm. MORE

Anderson was speaking at the SAE 2017 Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technologies Symposium in SanDiego. Volvo Cars will introduce a front-wheel drive (FWD), 3-cylinder engine variant of its Twin Engine plug-in hybrid electric vehicle system in 2018, followed by its first production battery-electric vehicles and a new 48V mild hybrid system in 2019, according to Mats Anderson, Senior Director of Electric Propulsion Systems. MORE

Tackling the highways heading South to SanDiego their only break in progress was for a 90-minute Level 2 charge 111 miles from a full charge. That's the impressive figure attained by not one but two MyNissanLeaf forum members, leafme and Randy on their first journey home having picked up their respective LEAFs from Fontana Nissan in California. MORE

Daimler’s car-sharing service car2go is suspending its operations in SanDiego, California and in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. In SanDiego, car2go faced a lack of use, the company said. Paul, Minnesota. In the Twin Cities, the issue is the high state car rental taxation rates. car2go will continue to operate as normal in both locations until 31 December 2016, at which time all vehicles will be taken out of service and will no longer appear in the car2go app. MORE

California has long led the way in terms of high-tech and green energy, so what better place than SanDiego to demonstrate the first SunPod Plug-N-Go electric vehicle charging station? As the name suggests, the station is solar-powered and pre-fabricated, ready to use once it's set up. It's the ultimate in charging station convenience — MORE

Their cars'' GPS systems confirmed that the corridor of Tesla Supercharger DC fast-charging stations along Interstate 5 from SanDiego, California, to Vancouver, Canada, was now complete. Can you drive from the Mexican border to the Canadian border for free? On Saturday, Tesla Model S drivers woke to find that radical idea was now a reality. MORE

Several leading companies and authorities in SanDiego have united in an effort to improve the area’s energy independence and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The city of SanDiego, along with SanDiego Gas & Electric, CleanTECH SanDiego, UC SanDiego and GE have teamed up to create a plan that includes five key [.]. MORE

The city of SanDiego, California has begun using Neste renewable diesel in its vehicle fleet. SanDiego joins other California fleets including the City of San Francisco, City of Oakland, City of Walnut Creek, City of Carlsbad, and County of Sacramento in using Neste renewable diesel. MORE

Scientists from UC SanDiego (UCSD), The Scripps Research Institute and other local research institutions, along with their industry counterparts, recently established the SanDiego Center for Algae Biotechnology , or “SD-CAB.” million in economic output in the SanDiego region, according to the SANDAG study. In a news conference yesterday at the UCSD campus, SanDiego Mayor Jerry Sanders and others declared their support for the partnership. MORE

Today, London takes delivery of five electric double-decker buses, Car2Go pulls electric cars from SanDiego, and more new green cars debuting at the 2016 New York Auto Show. Car2Go will replace its SanDiego fleet of electric Smart Fortwo city cars with gasoline models, owing to lack of charging. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Today in Car News MORE

The SanDiego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) rolled out its new fleet of 77 buses fueled by propane autogas. The alternatively fueled buses will help the agency reduce its operating costs, and will reduce emissions by 2 million pounds per year. MORE

The US EPA and SanDiego County Air Pollution Control District (SDAPCD), in cooperation with US Customs and Border Protection and the US General Services Administration have installed a new air pollution monitor at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. The US-Mexico San Ysidro border crossing is the busiest land port of entry in the Western Hemisphere; on average, 50,000 cars and buses and 25,000 pedestrians cross the San Ysidro port of entry daily. MORE

The City of SanDiego has just become the first North American city to host a carsharing scheme made up entirely of tiny two-seat electric cars. City car-sharing schemes have become more popular in recent years as the cost of owning a car rockets, but until now they’ve focused on traditional gasoline-engined cars. Not any more. Ran by MORE

In celebration of the completion of the West Coast Corridor of the Tesla Supercharger Network, Tesla is heading out on a Model S drive from SanDiego to Seattle on their first Supercharged trip up the West Coast. MORE

SanDiego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has announced it will work with Electric Transportation Engineering Corp. eTec) and others on the roll-out of 1,500 public and commercial and 1000 home base charging points across the county, starting in four to six months. The group's goal is to prepare for sales of the compact 2011 Nissan Leaf electric MORE

If you lived in SanDiego at the time, the sight of an Electriquette silently whirring past may have been quite familar. Wicker might not be your first choice of construction material when designing a vehicle, but the world was a very different place in 1915. The wicker-bodied electric vehicles were designed to parade around the Panama-California MORE

At a press conference today, Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc. offered key preliminary findings of technical field examination and testing that were performed on 10-11 March regarding an alleged “runaway Prius” event that generated dramatic coverage by national news media. Toyota engineers completed an investigation of the 2008 Prius driven by James Sikes that was the subject of a 911 emergency call on Monday, 8 March. MORE

The long-awaited Coda electric sedan finally has its first confirmed dealership, located in SanDiego, California. Brown Auto Center in the heart of SanDiego is expected to be the first retailer to sell the 2012 Coda Sedan, when deliveries commence this year. Marvin K. According to Automotive News, the dealership is set to open to the public in MORE

Remember Aptera, the plucky SanDiego firm responsible for the three wheeled Aptera 2e electric car which resembles an airplane but is technically a motorcycle? After the firm lost out in last year’s Progressive Insurance Automotive X-Prize it went mysteriously silent, save for the occasional newsletter assuring its potential customers that MORE

You have to go from SanDiego, CA to Tucson, AZ, a distance of around 480 miles. With a variety of options available to you, which do you choose? Most people wouldn’t hesitate to book a flight, and some would even consider the train. But one electric car fan decided to make the trip in his 2011 Nissan Leaf, turning it into his own week-long MORE

Henrik Christensen, one of the most influential robotics researchers in the world, is joining the University of California SanDiego. He will direct the UC SanDiego Contextual Robotics Institute and serve as a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering. UC SanDiego officially launched the Contextual Robotics Institute in October 2015 at the second annual Contextual Robotics Forum. MORE

On Thursday afternoon, the SanDiego, California region lost both major grid connections, resulting in loss of power for some 1.4 million customers of SanDiego Gas and Electric, plus some consumers in Arizona and Mexico. MORE

Five of those will be located in Southern California: in Huntington Beach, Irvine, SanDiego, Santa Monica, and Sherman Oaks. The remaining three will be in the San Francisco Bay Area: in Campbell, Oakland and Sunnyvale. During its latest business meeting, the California Energy Commission approved more than than $17 million was approved for nine new hydrogen stations that will expand the refueling infrastructure network in California. FirstElement Fuel, Inc. MORE

This is a continuous string of Supercharger stations from SanDiego to the Canadian border, with enough stations in-between allowing Tesla Model S owners to Tesla Motors announced on Wednesday the opening of the West Coast Supercharger Corridor. MORE

The first public charging station in the US to offer the SAE Combo-Charging fast charging system has opened at the Fashion Valley Mall in SanDiego, CA. The new combined AC and DC charging, or combo, connector is accessible via a single charge port on the vehicle. Major automakers including GM, Ford, Chrysler, BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche have announced they will adopt the SAE combo fast charge connector standard. MORE

The SanDiego Metropolitan Transit System Board of Directors recently voted to approve two major bus procurements: up to 350 Gillig 40-foot low-floor CNG buses and up to 165 New Flyer 60-foot low-floor articulated CNG buses through 2017. The total value of the contracts, if all options are exercised and future funding is available, is in excess of $343 million, inclusive of sales tax, licenses, fees and delivery. MORE

SanDiego Gas & Electric has joined a host of other utility companies in the state in offering incentives towards the purchase of an i3 or a Leaf. California incentives electric utilities plug-in cars SanDiego Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV For southern California residents, it's an excellent time to start considering the purchase of a BMW i3 or Nissan Leaf electric car.

SanDiego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is the latest electric utility to support the expansion of electric-car charging infrastructure. California electric utilities plug-in cars charging SanDiego charging infrastructureBut the Southern California utility won't just build charging stations for plug-in hybrids and battery-electric vehicles. It also plans to invest $7.5 million over the next five years into an education campaign.

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When Car2Go launched its car-sharing service in SanDiego about five years ago, its entire fleet was composed of electric cars. It was a move that made SanDiego officials smile, as the city is undertaking an ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions. California Car Sharing car2go plug-in cars SanDiegoBut now Car2Go is withdrawing the fleet of Smart Fortwo Electric Drive city cars, and replacing them.

Their cars'' GPS systems confirmed that the corridor of Tesla Supercharger DC fast-charging stations along Interstate 5 from SanDiego, California, to Vancouver, Canada, was now complete. Can you drive from the Mexican border to the Canadian border for free? On Saturday, Tesla Model S drivers woke to find that radical idea was now a reality.

Today, London takes delivery of five electric double-decker buses, Car2Go pulls electric cars from SanDiego, and more new green cars debuting at the 2016 New York Auto Show. Car2Go will replace its SanDiego fleet of electric Smart Fortwo city cars with gasoline models, owing to lack of charging. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Today in Car News

Several leading companies and authorities in SanDiego have united in an effort to improve the area’s energy independence and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The city of SanDiego, along with SanDiego Gas & Electric, CleanTECH SanDiego, UC SanDiego and GE have teamed up to create a plan that includes five key [.].

https://opoli.com , a ridesharing service and app based in SanDiego, has partnered with China-based BYD Motors Inc, which will provide 50 e6 EVs to the Opoli fleet as part of a green initiative. Opoli has been allotted charging spaces at the docking station at the SanDiego International Airport.

The first public electric-car charging station to offer quick-charging using the CCS plug--also known as "SAE Combo"--opened at the Fashion Valley Mall in SanDiego on Monday. Well, the Combined Charging Standard has finally arrived. Developed by a coalition of U.S. and German car makers, CCS uses a single plug that combines a "J-1772" plug for

The City of SanDiego has just become the first North American city to host a carsharing scheme made up entirely of tiny two-seat electric cars. City car-sharing schemes have become more popular in recent years as the cost of owning a car rockets, but until now they’ve focused on traditional gasoline-engined cars. Not any more. Ran by

LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler North America Corporation, and the City of SanDiego officially launched North America’s first all-electric carsharing network. San Diegans will now have access to the car2go network of electric vehicles 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The City of SanDiego has become the first city in North America to offer an all-electric car sharing network, thanks to Car2Go. A subsiduary of Daimler North America Corporation, the owners of Smart, Car2Go will allow SanDiego A fleet of more than 300 all-electric Smart ForTwo Electric Drives were present at the November 18 launch event.

The long-awaited Coda electric sedan finally has its first confirmed dealership, located in SanDiego, California. Brown Auto Center in the heart of SanDiego is expected to be the first retailer to sell the 2012 Coda Sedan, when deliveries commence this year. Marvin K. According to Automotive News, the dealership is set to open to the public in

The SanDiego event will be held on Saturday, 9 November from 11 am-5pm in Balboa Park. The Tesla Model S will be featured in a series of Electric Car Guest. Drives hosted by the EV Quorum car club. In a single afternoon, participants can drive six different electric. cars including the Tesla Model S. Participants who become members of EV Quorum are eligible to drive any. of the electric cars on display. There is no charge for guests although.

Today, London takes delivery of five electric double-decker buses, Car2Go pulls electric cars from SanDiego, and more new green cars debuting at the 2016 New York Auto Show. Car2Go will replace its SanDiego fleet of electric Smart Fortwo city cars with gasoline models, owing to lack of charging. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Today in Car News

Several leading companies and authorities in SanDiego have united in an effort to improve the area’s energy independence and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The city of SanDiego, along with SanDiego Gas & Electric, CleanTECH SanDiego, UC SanDiego and GE have teamed up to create a plan that includes five key [.].

https://opoli.com , a ridesharing service and app based in SanDiego, has partnered with China-based BYD Motors Inc, which will provide 50 e6 EVs to the Opoli fleet as part of a green initiative. Opoli has been allotted charging spaces at the docking station at the SanDiego International Airport.

Smart City SanDiego and City of SanDiego Mayor Jerry Sanders unveiled the completed Smart City SanDiego Solar-to-EV Project—a 90kW solar photovoltaic canopy that directly charges up to 5 electric vehicles (EVs) in the SanDiego Zoo parking lot. Smart City SanDiego is a collaboration that combines the resources of SanDiego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), City of SanDiego, GE, UC SanDiego and CleanTECH SanDiego.

Remember Aptera, the plucky SanDiego firm responsible for the three wheeled Aptera 2e electric car which resembles an airplane but is technically a motorcycle? After the firm lost out in last year’s Progressive Insurance Automotive X-Prize it went mysteriously silent, save for the occasional newsletter assuring its potential customers that

Tackling the highways heading South to SanDiego their only break in progress was for a 90-minute Level 2 charge 111 miles from a full charge. That's the impressive figure attained by not one but two MyNissanLeaf forum members, leafme and Randy on their first journey home having picked up their respective LEAFs from Fontana Nissan in California.

The city of SanDiego, California has begun using Neste renewable diesel in its vehicle fleet. SanDiego joins other California fleets including the City of San Francisco, City of Oakland, City of Walnut Creek, City of Carlsbad, and County of Sacramento in using Neste renewable diesel.

The SanDiego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) rolled out its new fleet of 77 buses fueled by propane autogas. The alternatively fueled buses will help the agency reduce its operating costs, and will reduce emissions by 2 million pounds per year.

Daimler’s car-sharing service car2go is suspending its operations in SanDiego, California and in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. In SanDiego, car2go faced a lack of use, the company said. Paul, Minnesota. In the Twin Cities, the issue is the high state car rental taxation rates. car2go will continue to operate as normal in both locations until 31 December 2016, at which time all vehicles will be taken out of service and will no longer appear in the car2go app.

EDI), a developer of high-efficiency hybrid and electric drivetrain solutions, was selected as a drivetrain provider and vehicle integrator for an electrification program driven by the SanDiego Port Tenants Association ( SDPTA ). Also selected as part of the SanDiego project were BYD and Transportation Power. The program ties into the Port of SanDiego’s 2013 climate action plan, focused on improving air quality in the Port of SanDiego and surrounding communities.

Henrik Christensen, one of the most influential robotics researchers in the world, is joining the University of California SanDiego. He will direct the UC SanDiego Contextual Robotics Institute and serve as a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering. UC SanDiego officially launched the Contextual Robotics Institute in October 2015 at the second annual Contextual Robotics Forum.

If you lived in SanDiego at the time, the sight of an Electriquette silently whirring past may have been quite familar. Wicker might not be your first choice of construction material when designing a vehicle, but the world was a very different place in 1915. The wicker-bodied electric vehicles were designed to parade around the Panama-California

On Thursday afternoon, the SanDiego, California region lost both major grid connections, resulting in loss of power for some 1.4 million customers of SanDiego Gas and Electric, plus some consumers in Arizona and Mexico.

In celebration of the completion of the West Coast Corridor of the Tesla Supercharger Network, Tesla is heading out on a Model S drive from SanDiego to Seattle on their first Supercharged trip up the West Coast.

This is a continuous string of Supercharger stations from SanDiego to the Canadian border, with enough stations in-between allowing Tesla Model S owners to Tesla Motors announced on Wednesday the opening of the West Coast Supercharger Corridor.

The US EPA and SanDiego County Air Pollution Control District (SDAPCD), in cooperation with US Customs and Border Protection and the US General Services Administration have installed a new air pollution monitor at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. The US-Mexico San Ysidro border crossing is the busiest land port of entry in the Western Hemisphere; on average, 50,000 cars and buses and 25,000 pedestrians cross the San Ysidro port of entry daily.

The first public charging station in the US to offer the SAE Combo-Charging fast charging system has opened at the Fashion Valley Mall in SanDiego, CA. The new combined AC and DC charging, or combo, connector is accessible via a single charge port on the vehicle. Major automakers including GM, Ford, Chrysler, BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche have announced they will adopt the SAE combo fast charge connector standard.

Researchers from Caltech and UC SanDiego have developed a family of ruthenium-based metathesis catalysts that have shown exceptional activity in the conversion of seed oils to linear-chain olefins. In many cases, catalyst turnover numbers (TONs) of more than 100?,000 000 were achieved, at a catalyst loading of only 3 ppm. Remarkably, the most active catalyst system was able to achieve a TON of 340,000 at a catalyst loading of only 1 ppm.

In December 2012, the SanDiego Metropolitan Transit System (SDMTS) announced the decision to purchase up to 350 Gillig 40-foot low floor buses and 118 New Flyer 60-foot low floor articulated buses, all powered with the CWI ISL G 8.9L. Cummins Westport Inc. CWI) is supplying engines for two of the largest natural gas transit fleet orders in North America to date, with combined orders of more than 900 ISL G engines.

SanDiego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has announced it will work with Electric Transportation Engineering Corp. eTec) and others on the roll-out of 1,500 public and commercial and 1000 home base charging points across the county, starting in four to six months. The group's goal is to prepare for sales of the compact 2011 Nissan Leaf electric

California has long led the way in terms of high-tech and green energy, so what better place than SanDiego to demonstrate the first SunPod Plug-N-Go electric vehicle charging station? As the name suggests, the station is solar-powered and pre-fabricated, ready to use once it's set up. It's the ultimate in charging station convenience —

a bioenergy crop company focused on the development and production of elite seeds of Jatropha, plans to establish an advanced Jatropha research and development center located in SanDiego, Calif. Our SanDiego facilities will serve as the hub for SG Biofuels’ network of global crop improvement centers, bringing together the results of our sophisticated breeding and biotechnology efforts into a central, state-of-the-art development platform. SG Biofuels, Inc.,

Scientists from UC SanDiego (UCSD), The Scripps Research Institute and other local research institutions, along with their industry counterparts, recently established the SanDiego Center for Algae Biotechnology , or “SD-CAB.” million in economic output in the SanDiego region, according to the SANDAG study. In a news conference yesterday at the UCSD campus, SanDiego Mayor Jerry Sanders and others declared their support for the partnership.

A new Albertsons supermarket in the SanDiego, California community of Clairemont is generating nearly 90% of the electricity it needs with a PureCell 400 kW fuel cell from UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp. The PureCell 400 system uses a Fuel Processor (reformer) to reform natural gas to hydrogen to feed the Fuel Cell Stack. The project is estimated to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 478 metric tons each year compared to California non-baseload powerplants.

The SanDiego region is the first in California to produce a regional transportation plan with an SCS as required by SB 375, a new state law intended to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through compact land-use and transportation planning.

The SanDiego Metropolitan Transit System Board of Directors recently voted to approve two major bus procurements: up to 350 Gillig 40-foot low-floor CNG buses and up to 165 New Flyer 60-foot low-floor articulated CNG buses through 2017. The total value of the contracts, if all options are exercised and future funding is available, is in excess of $343 million, inclusive of sales tax, licenses, fees and delivery.

Five of those will be located in Southern California: in Huntington Beach, Irvine, SanDiego, Santa Monica, and Sherman Oaks. The remaining three will be in the San Francisco Bay Area: in Campbell, Oakland and Sunnyvale. During its latest business meeting, the California Energy Commission approved more than than $17 million was approved for nine new hydrogen stations that will expand the refueling infrastructure network in California. FirstElement Fuel, Inc.

Remember Aptera, the plucky SanDiego firm responsible for the three wheeled Aptera 2e electric car which resembles an airplane but is technically a motorcycle? After the firm lost out in last year’s Progressive Insurance Automotive X-Prize it went mysteriously silent, save for the occasional newsletter assuring its potential customers that

Anderson was speaking at the SAE 2017 Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technologies Symposium in SanDiego. Volvo Cars will introduce a front-wheel drive (FWD), 3-cylinder engine variant of its Twin Engine plug-in hybrid electric vehicle system in 2018, followed by its first production battery-electric vehicles and a new 48V mild hybrid system in 2019, according to Mats Anderson, Senior Director of Electric Propulsion Systems.

At a press conference today, Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc. offered key preliminary findings of technical field examination and testing that were performed on 10-11 March regarding an alleged “runaway Prius” event that generated dramatic coverage by national news media. Toyota engineers completed an investigation of the 2008 Prius driven by James Sikes that was the subject of a 911 emergency call on Monday, 8 March.

You have to go from SanDiego, CA to Tucson, AZ, a distance of around 480 miles. With a variety of options available to you, which do you choose? Most people wouldn’t hesitate to book a flight, and some would even consider the train. But one electric car fan decided to make the trip in his 2011 Nissan Leaf, turning it into his own week-long